[QUAD-L] I Wonder Why-starts in the ER

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Have you noticed that since day one, in the ER, those around you try to be very positive regarding your injury and one's future.  Doctors rarely say anything and work behind the scenes surfacing every once in awhile to let you know that THEY are still alive and breathing. From the ER to CCU to ICU to resident recovery those working with you are so positive always stopping short that you will be walking out of THEIR hospital and may have little need for Rehab.  Always Positive.  When you are ready to be discharged from the hospital and ready for Rehab, they tell you to be positvie and do the best you can.  Be positive. Always be Positive.  Then you get to rehab and meet several others who are just like you... or it looks that way.  The rehab hospitals always seem to have those cheerleader OT and PTs that try to make the most out of any success you produce and they tell you to be positive. After 3 months of rehab you are toss'd to the curb and often ordered to perform outpatient therapy and remain positive.   Then comes along Superman and tells you to be positive.   After hearing all of this for so long, one actually starts to believe it. Waiting for the Cure which seems just out of reach.  Oh, and remain positive.   We still have so much to learn, and learn and learn, while the masses keep pushing and trying to remain positive.  I honestly believe that it will happen in the next 20 years, but then again, I'm positive.  Good results can not be announced to the masses until successes happen more than once, or twice. But it will happen in your lifetime.   Simple repairs in the beginning and more complex repairs as we learn.   There was a time in medicine that a new born baby weighing less than 7 lbs had little change for survival.  Today, there are babies being born prematurely at less than One Pound that have survived and grown up to be normal healthy humans.   Let's continue to be positive and support those with the responsibility to research and provide positive results.   Best Wishes W     n a message dated 7/17/2006 3:58:00 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First off I'm not asking anyone to give up hope and I hope it happens asap so then maybe I have a chance, I'm 41 this month not really old but not in my 20's either, hell I wish!   I hope it happens for you and don't misunderstand me if the cure came fast enough I'd get in line right behind you but I have other more important things to focus on like my children and their future as long as I'm successful at that then my life's complete.      Mark